Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUME'S MONUMENT | Hume's Monument Hume's Monument |
Mr. Burnet R. G. Muir Thomas Coates |
[Situation] N. W. [North West] of [?] of of Calton Old Burying Ground A plain open Circular building in the Southern Portion of the Calton Old Burying Ground. It is About 15 feet high with a Cornice at top. and encloses the remains of David Hume the celebrated historian. The entrance to the interior is on its eastern side above which is an inscription, as follows. David Hume Born April 6th. 1711 Died August 25th 1776 Erected in Memory of Him in 1778. |
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Parish of City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 100 - Parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/100
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate, and The City of Edinburgh.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.